Nursing at University of Southern Mississippi

If you plan to study nursing, take a look at what University of Southern Mississippi has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Southern Miss is located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi and approximately 14,606 students attend the school each year. Of the 2,647 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Southern Mississippi in 2021, 203 of them were nursing majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Nursing section at the bottom of this page.

Southern Miss Nursing Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing
• Master’s Degree in Nursing
• Doctorate Degree in Nursing

Online Classes Are Available at Southern Miss

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Southern Miss does offer online education options in nursing for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

Southern Miss Nursing Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the nursing progam at Southern Miss compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The nursing major at Southern Miss is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Nursing. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools	16
Most Popular Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools	103
Most Popular Nursing Schools	222

In 2021, 45 students received their master’s degree in nursing from Southern Miss. This makes it the #212 most popular school for nursing master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 31 students who received their doctoral degrees in nursing, making the school the #103 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of Southern Miss Nursing Graduates

The median salary of nursing students who receive their bachelor's degree at Southern Miss is $55,957. This is less than $62,880, which is the national average of all nursing majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Nursing Student Demographics at Southern Miss

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the nursing majors at University of Southern Mississippi.

Southern Miss Nursing Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 203 nursing majors earned their bachelor's degree from Southern Miss. Of these graduates, 21% were men and 79% were women. The typical nursing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at Southern Miss since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

About 82% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in nursing at Southern Miss are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Southern Mississippi with a bachelor's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	21
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	166
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

Southern Miss Nursing Master’s Program

Of the 45 students who earned a master's degree in Nursing from Southern Miss in 2020-2021, 18% were men and 82% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 13% men graduate in nursing each year. Southern Miss does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 5% more men than average.

Of the students who received a nursing master's degree from Southern Miss, 62% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the nursing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 38% of degree recipients. That is 2% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Southern Mississippi with a master's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	28
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Southern Miss also has a doctoral program available in nursing. In 2021, 31 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Mental & Social Health Services
• Allied Health Professions
• Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services
• Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science
• Communication Sciences

Careers That Nursing Grads May Go Into

A degree in nursing can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MS, the home state for University of Southern Mississippi.

Occupation	Jobs in MS	Average Salary in MS
Registered Nurses	29,860	$58,490
Medical and Health Services Managers	3,010	$94,800
Nurse Practitioners	2,930	$109,700
Nursing Instructors and Professors	570	$73,840
Nurse Anesthetists	310	$163,320

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Dudemanfellabra under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.